There's Moore to come from Lancs

Lancashire opener Stephen Moore issues warning to county rivals

Stephen
Moore has warned their rivals that Lancashire haven’t yet played
their best cricket this season.

The
batsman smashed 74 off just 42 deliveries to help Lightning beat
Derbyshire Falcons by 12 runs in the Friends Life t20 at Emirates Old
Trafford last night.

The
win saw Lancashire leapfrog the visitors into second place in the
North Group.

And
with leaders Nottinghamshire losing to Leicestershire, Lightning
could go top and put themselves in pole position for a place in the
quarter-finals with victory over Durham Dynamos at Emirates Old
Trafford tomorrow.

Lancashire
are flying at the moment, having lost just twice in all competitions
since June 2.

Victory
over Northamptonshire on Thursday saw them move top of the LV= County
Championship Division Two with a game in hand, and they are well
placed to secure a slot in the YB40 semi-finals.

And
Moore believes there is still plenty more to come from the Red Rose.

“The
good thing is that we haven’t played our best cricket yet,” said
the former England Lions opener (pictured).

“The
fact we are knocking on the door in all three competitions and we
haven’t really fired yet is a good place to be.

“We
want to be playing for trophies, we are an ambitious club and we have
a competitive squad so if we are going into the back end of the
season still in all three competitions that gives us a great
incentive.

“We
are in a great position, but we can’t get ahead of ourselves.”

Moore’s
impressive knock included five fours and five sixes, and he smashed
23 off one David Wainwright over.

But
once he was caught by Chesney Hughes off the bowling of Dan Redfern
in the 14th over, Lancashire’s run rate dropped as wickets fell
regularly with Mark Turner claiming 4-35.

Their
165-9 was their highest T20 total at Emirates Old Trafford this
season, but it didn’t look enough as Derbyshire opener Wes Durston
smashed 48 off 29 balls.

After
he was trapped lbw by Simon Kerrigan in the eighth over, former
Lancashire player Shivnarine Chanderpaul then looked like repeating
his
match-winning innings against Lancashire at the County Ground
earlier in the
competition.

But
after suffering a hamstring injury and being forced to use a runner,
he was run out by a stunning direct hit from Mitchell McClenaghan for
39.

And
although Wayne Madsen picked up the baton by scoring 36 off 27 balls,
a crucial penultimate over from Kabir Ali, which saw him concede just
five runs, and two late wickets from McClenaghan – making him joint
leading wicket-taker in the competition – ensured Derbyshire
finished short on 153-6.

“I
wanted to go on and get three figures,” said Moore.

“I
felt if I had stayed we would have posted a bigger target.

“But
our score was probably par. It was a good wicket but it is a big
ground so 165 here is probably like 180 on other grounds and chasing
eight runs an over was always going to be hard for them.”

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